Vogue's Watches Report: After bracelets come bangles
Bracelets have gotten some major love this year, but their distant relative, the bangle, is no slouch either. Since Cartier's yellow gold bangle Baignoire hit a goldmine of popularity last year, this style has been on the rise.
The Parisian jeweller-watchmaker, in fact, seems to have been surprised by its own success—the bangle-style watch was on a waitlist, with very limited sizes. This year, it's amping up the Baignoire on a bangle with a version that's dotted with diamonds informally nicknamed 'polkadot'. Courtesy of Chanel Courtesy of Chanel Courtesy of Chanel
Chanel, meanwhile, is upping the jewelled aspect of its octagonal cocktail watch with the Première Galon. The new designs are now cased in solid 18-carat gold, with twisted gold bracelets to match—'galon' is French for braid, and takes its reference from the braided trims of Chanel's tweed suits. Courtesy of Bvlgari Courtesy of Bvlgari
And at Bvlgari, the Roman house has given its snake icon the Serpenti its first major reimagining this decade. Enter the Serpenti Aeterna, which abstracts the snake form into geometric arrowhead shapes and which curls around the wrist as a hinged bangle.
Vogue Singapore's June 2025 'Gold' issue is available on newsstands and online.
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